There was something quite ridiculous about the fluffed back-heel now threatening to rob Arjen Robben of a twirl on the world’s biggest stage:
A pointless piece of show-boating can leave you out for weeks, but there are more farcical ways of landing yourself on the sidelines. Have a gander at JOE.ie’s compilation of dumbest football injuries.
Poor ‘oul Phil Babb. He slides into the post in horrific fashion, belts his swingers up into his stomach and totally fails to prevent the shot from finding its way into the net:
It’s not just big names that fall victim to humiliating injuries which are caught on camera and subsequently shared with the world. This one happened in slow-motion – just not slow enough for this clown to react:
Now, you know something is obviously going to go wrong in this clip – you just don’t know what. Well, there was no anticipating this particular outcome:
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